Şenkal Atasagun | |
Office: | Chief of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey |
Term Start: | 11 February 1998 |
Term End: | 11 June 2005 |
Predecessor: | Sönmez Köksal |
Successor: | Emre Taner |
Birth Date: | 1941 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kars, Turkey |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Alma Mater: | Grenoble University |
Occupation: | Civil servant (intelligence) |
Şenkal Atasagun (born 17 August 1941) is a former Turkish civil servant. He was head of the National Intelligence Organization (Turkish: Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MİT) from 1998 to 2005.
Atasagun was born in Kars on 17 August 1941.[1] [2] [3]
He joined MIT in 1967 after graduating from Galatasaray High School and Grenoble University. During his career he served in Brussels and London as well as Istanbul and Ankara, before being appointed head of MIT in 1998.[4]